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Best Classical Music of 2020

One of the few opera stars who retains her voice’s seductive potency as she scales down for small rooms, this American soprano was in Germany with her husband, the conductor Christian Reif, for the first part of lockdown. He joined her on piano in a memorable series of songs they posted on social media. None...

Julia Bullock: ‘I wasn’t able to speak for hours at a time’: The soprano on overcoming serious trauma — and singing an English masterpiece

One of the most exciting singers of her generation, blazing a trail not just as a soloist, but a programmer and activist, the 34-year-old American soprano is — hurrah — based in Munich, where she lives with her German conductor husband. The last live performances she gave pre-pandemic were of Britten’s song cycle Les Illuminations, performed...